Sandyknowes Blog

Living beside the busiest roundabout in Northern Ireland gives plenty of opportunity for watching the world go by. Sandyknowes Blog is the personal blog of Niall Lockhart (minister of Ballyhenry). Pull in and have a read…

This Sunday - 28th January

26 January 2018

This Sunday we meet in Ballyhenry at 11am and 7pm for our morning and evening service.

Our morning service includes a supervised creche and full children's provision.

So what is with the reptile picture? Well ... on Sunday morning we come to the next part in our series on the life of King Solomon, in a talk entitled The King and His Kingdom. In 1 Kings 4 we find a picture of Solomon as a man who had a great appetite for learning and a great breadth of knowldge. 1 Kings 4:33 notes that his interestes included: 'animals and birds, reptiles and fish'.

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This Sunday - 21st January

18 January 2018

This Sunday is our annual Tearfund Sunday in Ballyhenry. We meet at 11am when Ruth Koch, the new Tearfund Director for NI, will be our guest speaker. We very much look forward to welcoming Ruth on this her first visit to Ballyhenry, when she will be helping us to understand more about Tearfund's work around the world.

The service is followed by lunch when everyone is encouraged to stay behind and share in freindship and fellowship.

Our morning service will, as usual, include a supervisd creche and full children's provision.

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This Sunday - 14th January

12 January 2018

This Sunday we meet for morning worship in Ballyhenry at 11am. This week we will be looking at 1 Kings chapter 3 - where King Solomon prays for wisdom. Our morning service (which includes communion this week) will, as ever, have a supervised creche, and full children's provision.

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Sunday 17th December

15 December 2017

Join us this Sunday in Ballyhenry as we look forward to Christmas.

At 11am we have a special guest, Rev David Bruce. David has spoken before in Ballyhenry and we are really looking forward to hearing Him open God's word to us. (Full children's provision, supervised creche etc as usual at 11am).

Then at 5.30pm we gather for our annual Carols by Candlelight. Come on your own, or bring the family, for a service of carols, special music by our Praise Group, a short talk entitled 'The Starmaker' and then opportunity to stay and chat over mince pies and tea and coffee.

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Sunday 10th - Mossgrove Community Service

8 December 2017

This Sunday at 5.30pm we welcome the choir of Mossgrove Primary School for a special all age community service. This is something we do every year and it is always a great oppportunity to look forward together to Christmas.

The service starts at 5.30pm and will last for about 1 hour. Followed by tea / juice and buns!

All welcome - do SHARE the invitation.

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